mrjohnson is coming here in a last—ditch effort as part of the push by europe to get mr trump to not. with all of this pressure coming to this iran nuclear deal, he will have a lot of attention from the middle east, hoping that mr trump holds firm. yes and no. he will have attention from iran and other countries in the middle east that want the deal to stay in place because they are worried like europe, that if it goes there is a greater security risk in a region that has is already affected by conflict, but two of mr trump's closest allies, israel and saudi arabia, they don't like the deal, and they have been sending that message to president trump, reinforcing his own instincts on the deal. it's a mixed bag in the region. the message from europe is that this arrangement and this agreement is crucial for the security of the region and also europe because europe is much closer to the middle east than america and that is something that mrjohnson in his own way brought up in his interviews. earlier i spoke to mansour farhang — who's a professor of international relations at bennington

during two days of talks, mrjohnson is expected to meet senior officials at the white house to discuss a range of foreign policy concerns, with iran high on the agenda. mr trump believes the agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme is far too lenient. still to come, here on bbc news — the first proper look at prince louis as photographs of the newest british royal are released. one of britain's most wanted men, arrested on friday in barcelona, has been denied bail, ahead of extradition proceedings. jamie acourt had evaded the police for two years. mr acourt, who's wanted for alleged drugs offences, was one of the original suspects in the murder of the teenager, stephen lawrence, 25 years ago; he's always denied involvement. from barcelona, tom burridge sent this report. he was a top target for spanish and british police. today, jamie acourt

yes and no. and no. reinforcing his own instincts on the deal. deal. something that mrjohnson in hisup in his interviews. way brought up in his interviews. thanks forjoining us. supported by armed units, are patrolling the streets. although their injuries are not considered to be life threatening. a 13—year—old and a 15—year—old suffered pellet wounds. approached by a motorcycle or mopeds. mopeds. treatment in hospital after a shotgun was targeted at him. shotgun was targeted at him. innocent bystander, walking along with his parents. with his parents. treated in hospital and has since been discharged. been discharged. giving more details about what happened. .. discharged a shot gun towards their intended targets. accidentally injuring a 13—year—old boy who was passing by. are extremely concerned for their safety and that of their children. how badly injured was the 13—year—old? it appears it is a shot gun pellet. and he is with his family. was he the intended target? and we need to investigate further. he is still in hospital? he is being treated, yes. what is his condition? it is

mrjohnson rumbled the prank after 18 minutes of chat. robbie hawkins there.s we heard earlier in the programme, when they return they‘re due to start considering all the changes made to the government‘s flagship brexit bill by the house of lords, beginning a round or two of parliamentary ping—pong. so, what is it and how does it work? our man at the table is gary connor. first the bill goes... back to the commons, where mps look at changes that their colleagues in the upper house have made. if mps agree with the amendments, the bill can quickly become law. i beg to move that the house agrees with the lords in amendment two, and following that brief moment of disagreement with their lordships, i am pleased to say that we are now encouraging the house to agree with their lordships in all other amendments. but if some or all of the changes go against what the government wants, then the bill bounces back... to the house of lords, along with reasons why the government doesn‘t agree with them. during parliamentary ping—pong, the text of the bill is still physically

during two days of talks, mrjohnson is expected to meet senior officials at the white house to discussrns, with iran high on the agenda. the french president, emmanuel macron and the german chancellor, angela merkel, both left washington, with mr trump still saying the international agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme was far too lenient. the parent company of cambridge analytica has been ordered to hand over the data it has on a us citizen. cambridge analytica dissolved this week after months of scrutiny about how it use the facebook they two of nearly 90 million people. —— facebook data. this move could open the floodgates for some of the requests. a nasa mission to study the composition of mars has begun its six—month journey to the planet. the rocket is carrying a probe which is designed to help scientists find out about what's inside mars, beneath its crust. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. right on time, shrouded in fog, at 4:05am local time, the atlas v rocket carrying nasa's mars insight lander launched from vandenberg air force base on the california coa

mrjohnson is in washington, where he'll meet the us vice—president, mike pence.e uk, france, and germany are looking at options to keep the iran deal alive if the us pull out. president trump has been scathing about the agreement. andrew plant reports. donald trump has long been clear about his contempt for the deal with iran, saying it has disastrous flaws. it was signed in 2015 between iran and six world powers... ..so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. ..and was one of president obama's key foreign policy achievements. iran agreed to mothball its nuclear programme, which many feared could lead to them developing weapons. in return, crippling international economic sanctions were lifted. america's ally israel says iran secretly continued its work. senior american officials have said the deal was built on lies. mr trump has publicly threatened to scrap it, which prompted this response on saturday from iran's president, hassan rouhani. translation: if the united states leaves the nuclear agreement, you will soon see that they will regret it, like nev

instead, mrjohnson will speak to mike pence and a series of other white house officials.l be very aware it is the president's mind he needs to change. the president of iran says his country has plans to resist any decision by donald trump. a speech carried live by state television, if america leaves nuclear accord this will entail historic remorse for us. north korea has accused the united states of deliberately provoking pyongyang by suggesting sanctions won't be lifted until it gives up its nuclear weapons. north korea said washington was also aggravating the current good atmosphere by deploying military assets on the korean peninsula. north korea regularly criticises the united states — but there have been few attacks in recent weeks, amid plans for president trump to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. up to 1500 junior doctors have had job offers withdrawn, following a mistake in the recruitment process. the royal college of physicians said the error meant medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars were given the wrong marks. the col

there's no alternative, plan b, as mrjohnson said, has not either been presented all worked out, certainly iranians would be ready to move towards the europeans on such proposals particularly as the europeans themselves are struggling to provide decent integration for iran in the internationalfinancial system to facilitate european trade and investment with iran as promised in the deal. so we are moving into a very uncertain period both hope and peace and security, for original relations and for british businesses. 0k, sir richard dalton, former ambassador to iran, thank you very much. a man who pressured his 1a—year—old son to take the blame for a murder he committed has been jailed for at least 26 years. 50—year—old tree surgeon matthew moseley shot dead lee holt before handing the firearm to his son thomas last october. he told him to tell police he was the one who pulled the trigger outside their home in lancashire. matthew moseley was found guilty of murder at preston crown court last week. a 2a—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder — following an armed siege

a foreign office spokesman says mrjohnson realised it was a hoax, and eventually ended the call.ll not poison me with novichok! well, it is very important i think, prime minister, that we do not have a new cold war. "a tree is a spectacular creation, a perfect sculpture." these are the words of the renowned italian artist, giuseppe penone, who for 50 years has been creating sculptures of trees. now his works, many never seen in the uk before, go on show in the natural setting of the yorkshire sculpture park, in wakefield. he's been talking about his passion for trees to our arts editor, will gompertz. music: jerusalem as views go, this is not a bad one. it is the green and pleasant land of the yorkshire sculpture park, where mother nature provides a gallery for the modern art of barbara hepworth, henry moore and james turrell‘s skypace. this is a place where even the trees look like sculptures. hang on. this one is a sculpture. by the world renowned italian artist giuseppe penone. so, giuseppe, tell me about the rock in the tree. the tree is related to the idea of growing of the

be for how tough a message is this going to be foer how tough a message is this going to be for mrjohnsona similar message to the one taken to the white house by the french president, emmanuel macron, and the one taken by the german chancellor angela merkel. this is really a last ditch attempt by the british, french, and german officials, who really wa nt french, and german officials, who really want to see this deal remain in place and they are determined to try to get the attention of donald trump. it is white we have an article just published by the new york times, and opinion piece written by borisjohnson himself, and which he talks at length about how he believes this is a good deal. it compares it with handcuffs and says the only person who would benefit, the only country that would benefit, the only country that would benefit from releasing those ha ndcuffs benefit from releasing those handcuffs and changing the terms of the deal would be iran, because it would lift the restrictions on their nuclear programme. as a result, you have a couple of days in which the white house has to d

on a trip to washington, mrjohnson appeared on president trump's favourite morning tv show ‘fox and friends was not perfect, but could be fixed. and in the last half hour we've heard that mr trump, who's called the agreement "insane," will announce his decision on the issue tomorrow. nick bryant reports. on american television this morning a double serving of boris at breakfast, the foreign secretary appearing on donald trump's favourite news show, fox and friends, to address an audience of one. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president and not throw the baby out with the bath water. just in case the president had switched channels, he popped up on a rival network as well. i understand people have anxieties about this deal, and of course they're right, in the sense that it is very far from perfect, but it is the best thing that we have at the moment. donald trump has called the iran deal, negotiated by the obama administration, a disaster, and seems likely to pull america out of it at the end of the week. although the foreign secretary is not

mrjohnson said those responsible for his death must be held to account.nied the allegations. jonah fisher reports from kiev. no one could accuse arkady babchenko of lacking courage. he fought as a soldier in chechnya in the late 19905 and then became a war correspondent. with russian forces in ukraine and syria, his coverage was fearless and outspoken in its criticism of vladimir putin. it made him powerful enemies and early last year he fled russia to ukraine, fearing for his life. sadly, kiev proved no safer. on tuesday night, mr babchenko was shot several times in the back as he returned to his apartment from the local grocery store. it has all the hallmarks of a clinical assassination, and his friends have no doubt who's behind it. translation: he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing, and if it wasn't dangerous for them, if they didn't care about it, well, they wouldn't have killed him. it's calculated — deliberate international terrorist crime, committed on direct instructions from the russian autho

been working on a series of proposals to try to address the white house concern, the problem for mrjohnsont the vice president he is due to meet the vice president he is due to meet the vice president he is not due to meet the president himself. that is perhaps why he is scheduled an appearance on fox and friend tomorrow. that is the cable news programme which mr trump watches and tweets about, and it might be the foreign secretary's best chance to speak directly to the president. best chance to speak directly to the president. photographs of prince louis‘ first days at home have been released by his parents. days at home have been here, he's receiving a kiss from his big sister, princess charlotte. from his big sister, the newest member of the royal family was photographed by their mother, kate, duchess of cambridge, at kensington palace when he was just three days old. with all the sport, here's katherine downes at the bbc sport centre. here's katherine downes thanks clive — we're going to start with today's football, so if you're waiting for match of the day 2 or sportscene, then you mi

mrjohnson is in washington for meetings with white house officials.washington for us now. we know that president trump is not happy about this deal, can boris johnson persuade him? he's certainly going to try, he's on a bit of a media blitz, he has written an article in the new york times, he has done some of the morning shows and the most important one is coming up, fox and friends because that is the cable show that mr trump watches and he is not going to be meeting the president so this is a chance for borisjohnson to get his message directly. he will be delivering the message in person to the vice president, the secretary of state and the national security adviser. that is, yes, donald trump think the iran nuclear deal is not tough enough but it has prevented iran from getting nuclear weapons and there is no better way of doing that so far so let's keep the deal and we can address the president's concerned in other ways. that is the message that the french and german leaders came to washington with recently, i don't think there will bea recently,

the foreign office says mrjohnson realised quickly it was a hoax, and ended the call — officials haveit goes. i mean, em, i mean it is embarrassing. insofaras it goes. i mean, he em, i mean it is embarrassing. insofar as it goes. i mean, he did not say anything off message so in that sense he has got away with that, but there must be embarrassment of how anybody could you actually get through to the foreign secretary and get through the filters one would assume exists in any phone he is likely to pick up. apparently so, who knows? he is a victim of the pranksters and rascals and those who are well—known for this type of thing with celebrities like eltonjohn and so on. getting through to the foreign secretary is a different matter. looks like it went through a foreign office first. many here on the recording it goes through a telephone to the foreign office. he said he recognised pretty quickly this was a prank call. i think he was 17 minutes in. he did not really go off message but he did say various things here with his characteristic robustness. he let the russians understood was de

his branding of the proposals as "crazy" in a carefully timed interview with today's daily mail, mrjohnsonathed with downing street declaring that the prime minister had full confidence in boris — but did she have herfingers crossed behind her back? i'm joined by our political editor nick watt. nick, hello. firstly what can theresa may do? she has to resolve the situation in her cabinet very soon so she can influence the findings of the european council that will take place in brussels at the end ofjune. but she does want to work by consensus, she wants as many members of that brexit cabinet subcommittee on her side agreeing with her. she wants all of them although she might not get that. i spoke to one brexit cabinet minister this evening who said they are very confident they killed off the customs partnership, the one boris johnson was criticising. they think they can win on the so—called maximum facilitation idea, basically using technology to deal with the border. talking about going back to brussels to say, we have your concerns, can we address them? interestingly, i spoke to some rem

mrjohnson is in washington where he'll meet the us vice president, mike pence.ald trump has long been clear about his contempt for the deal with the run, saying it has disastrous floors. —— iran. it was signed in 2015 between iran and six world powers. so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. one of the crowning achievements of barack obama. iran agreed to mothball much of its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions being lifted. now donald trump is saying he will scrap it prompting this response from iran. translation: if the united states leads the nuclear agreement, they will soon regret it like never before in history. —— leaves. britain's ambassador to the un has said that the uk, france, and germany are now looking at ways to keep the deal if america withdrew its support. we have been talking at a senior official level with french and german colleagues for several weeks now. we are making progress but we have not got there yet. we have a few days left to find a way through. boris johnson is visiting washington. he published an article in the

mrjohnson also said that russia should concentrate on finding the killers of mr browder‘s former lawyer the headlines bbc newsroom live: a report says the local authority in g re nfell tower was slow a report says the local authority in grenfell tower was slow and lacked direction. a man who killed two people in liege was on release from prison. and the ukraine has accused russia of being behind the killing of the russian journalist arkady babchenko. day four of the french open is under way. serena williams said she felt like a superhero as she won herfirst said she felt like a superhero as she won her first grand slam said she felt like a superhero as she won herfirst grand slam match since becoming a mother. scotland lost 2—0 in peru. northern ireland drew 0—0 with panama. and eilie simmonds said she almost quit swimming after losing her love for the sport. he went travelling after the sport. he went travelling after the olympics in rio and is now targeting success in the european championships in august. i have more at 11.30. one of america's most popular tv shows has been cancelled

mrjohnson did get a meeting with new secretary of state, mike pompeo.ss picture before the two sat down for talks at the state department. mr pompeo is someone the president trusts and is likely to be listened to on this issue. at the same time in berlin, the german and french foreign ministers made their pitch to america. both countries have committed to staying in the deal even if the us doesn't. here's france's foreign minister, jean—yves le drian. translation: together with our british partners we are determined to save this deal because this accord safeguards against nuclear proliferation and is the right way to stop iran getting a nuclear weapons. of course we are awaiting america's decision. let's go back to what this is all about. iran agreed to mothball its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions as part of the deal. the country's leaders have repeatedly warned america about pulling out. but for the first time, president hassan rouhani has hinted iran might carry on with the deal if parties guarantee the country will b

on this from our political correspondent, nick eardley who is in our london newsroom — nick, does mrjohnsonanging the president's opinion? he will not meet donald trump himself? by people close to him? he will meet mike pence and other figures important to the foreign affairs world in washington and looking to persuade them that this deal is worth sticking with. as you said at the start, president trump has been highly critical, cold insane ina has been highly critical, cold insane in a number of occasions. —— called it insane. borisjohnson himself has said that some of the issues the us have raised do need addressed but overall the deal which sees sanctions reduced in exchange for commitments that limit iran's nuclear activity, he thinks it is worth sticking with. donald trump has to make a decision by next friday, so this is last—minute stuff. a teenager has been shot dead in south london. the 17 year old boy was found with fatal wounds in southwark yesterday evening. his family have been told. police have called for witnesses — and anyone with information — to come forward. more homes on

nick, does mrjohnson have a realistic change of changing the president's opinion? has been highly critical, calling it insane and he has threatened to pull out. it is designed to limit sanctions against iran, in return for promises they will halt work on nuclear weapons. president trump has until friday to make a decision on whether he will waive those sanctions again for another year. boris johnson waive those sanctions again for another year. borisjohnson will be over as part of an international effort to persuade him this deal is worth sticking by. the uk, eu and other countries have thrown their weight behind it. borisjohnson will meet with the vice president, the national security adviser, and other top figures in the foreign affairs world, to persuade them to stick with it. thank you very much. meanwhile, the french government has criticised president trump for suggesting that the 2015 paris terror attacks could have been stopped if people had guns. in a statement, the foreign ministry called on the american president to respect the memory of the victims. mr

during the conversation mrjohnson talked about relations with russia and the nerve agent attack in salisbury sochi. i need to be prepared. i hope he will not poison me with nerve shock. well it's very important, i think, prime minister, that we don't have a new cold war. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our web site. there is full coverage online, you can download our app, or go to our website, that's bbc.com/news now to a very disturbing allegation being made by amnesty international. in this new report, the rights group has claimed the nigerian military have been sexually abusing women and girls seeking refuge from boko haram militants. amnesty say this took place in camps for displaced people in borno state, in the north east of the country. here is one of the victims telling amnesty what happened to her. you will see a soldier with food in his hand, and says if you like me, ta ke his hand, and says if you like me, take this food. those that come with us. take this food. those that come with us. and we would think of our children crying for food. if you acce

during the conversation, it's understood mrjohnson talked about relations with russia and the nerve agentputin in sochi? i need to be prepared. i hope you will not poison me. well it's very important, i think, prime minister, that we don't have a new cold war. question, i have a surprise for you. they are catty‘s fun facts on prank calls, back by popular demand. here we go, a history of prank calls made to political leaders, boris johnson is not the only one. in 2008, sarah palin, just days before the election, was called by nicholas are cosy, except it was not nicholas are cosy. in 1998, tony blair was called by the conservative leader back then, william hague, except it was not william hague, but the best one of all, i bet you'd are member this, the 1995, her majesty the queen was called up by the canadian prime minister, except it wasn't, and they spoke on the phone to the prank caller for spoke on the phone to the prank callerfor1li spoke on the phone to the prank caller for 1h whole minutes. spoke on the phone to the prank callerfor1li whole minutes. but wait a callerfor1li whole min

instead, mrjohnson will speak to vice president mike pence and a series of other white house officialse foreign sevretary will be very aware it is the president's mind he needs to change. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. up to 1,500 junior doctors who were offered posts as registers have had theirjob offers withdrawn, following a mistake in the recruitment process. the royal college of physicians, which oversaw the recruitment has apologised, blaming human error. let's get more detail from our correspondent, simon clemison who is in our london newsroom. how did this happen? good morning. this is the opportunity for a junior doctor to begin to specialise. a big moment for them. it is a centrally run moment for them. it is a centrally ru n syste m. moment for them. it is a centrally run system. doctors are given marks at interviews. there has been an error when trying to transfer that data from one computer programme to another. it has all got mixed up. so some of us have been withdrawn while they try to sort this out. —— offers. that is disappointing for some and more so for others

mrjohnson, who is meeting the secretary of state and the vice president, agrees there are flaws, but scrapped altogether. nick bryant has the story. on american television this morning, a double serving of boris at brea kfast, a double serving of boris at breakfast, the the foreign secretary appearing on donald trump's favourite television show to address an audience of one. we think that what you can do is be tougher on iran, address the concerns of the president, and not throw the baby out with the bath water. just in case the president had switched, so is, he popped up on a rival network as well. i understand that people have anxieties about this deal, and, of course, they're right in the sense that it is far from perfect but it is the best thing that we have at the moment. donald trump has called the iran deal negotiated by the obama administration a disaster and seems likely to pull america out of it at the end of the week. although the foreign secretary is not scheduled to shake hands with the us president that hasn't stopped him stroking his ego. if he can fix north korea and

another one of those headlines produced by mrjohnson.e headlines produced by mrjohnsonlj another one of those headlines produced by mrjohnson. i suspect these will be raising questions but i don't think the prime minister will be surprised at the latest intervention from the foreign secretary. two options are being looked at. the streamlined option would use new technology to reduce the number of cheques at the borders, and then there is the second option, the so—called customs partnership, which would mean that the uk would end up collecting ta riffs the uk would end up collecting tariffs or taxes on behalf of the eu for goods that arrive in the uk but are destined to go into the eu. and it is that second option, the one which is thought to be the prime minister's preferred option, that borisjohnson has aimed his criticism at. according to the daily mail he said that option is crazy, it is untried, and it will make it very, very difficult to do trade deals with other countries. we know that last week, when ministers met to discuss all t

that is what mrjohnson said in america.n. were you describe that he took —— we re were you describe that he took —— were you surprised he took the decision? i think disappointed, were you surprised he took the decision? ithink disappointed, but at the end of the day not surprised. the president had made his views about the agreement clear. we disagree and we rather regret the decision. we believe the iranian deal did thejob it was decision. we believe the iranian deal did the job it was designed to do. it drastically reduce the number of centrifuges, and the iranian stockpile, and we believe it was doing that particularjob. we would rather it has been kept in place and also tackle the things which concerned our partners. all the assessment seemed to say that this will have a destabilising impact in the middle east. do you agree with that, and how concerned are you buy that? i think we are all concerned by activities in the middle east almost every day. it is a place where there is an awful lot of tension. there is conflict,

it's interesting, isn't it, that mrjohnson also said that mr trump would be in line for a nobel peace mean, fix it or come back to it? yes, well, ithink, you know, the language at the moment is aimed at them just keeping it, but what the europeans are talking about, they have adopted his language in saying there are problems that are not addressed by the deal. there are problems with the deal. we can't open it up again because the iranians are not going to negotiate, renegotiate it, and if we scrap it, that willjust perhaps lead to confrontation and, you know, the iranians are being prevented from making a nuclear weapon now so why do that? but we can fix it by dealing with some of these other issues on the side, things like iran's ballistic missile programme, things like iran's behaviour in the region, things like the fact that the limits on iran's nuclear programme expire over time. how can we deal with that in a side agreement? so this is what he means when he says fix it, but they have adopted mr trump's language in that respect. vladimir putin has been sworn in as the president o

urging him to stick with the deal, essentially keeping those curbs on iran's nuclear programmes, mrjohnsons keep their business, and investment flows going? that is the crunch point, because what diplomats are saying is that the americans have been making it clear that there will be no exceptions, european firms will still be subject to sanctions if they try and do business with iran, and so, the key question for europeans is can they find a way around that? but there is quite a lot of pessimism here. that is going to be very difficult and the future bodes some very difficult times between europe and the united states if they cannot bridge the divide. the scottish parliament is expected to reject a key part of the uk government's brexit legislation when it votes shortly. under the eu withdrawal bill, some devolved powers would be temporarily retained by westminster after brexit. after months of wrangling with westminster, the scottish government has submitted a motion making clear it does "not consent to the european union (withdrawal) bill". the greens, scottish labour and the liberal dem